River Roots Goes Coast to Coast

As we learned from our last few rounds of single barrels, you all are continually itching for more River Roots! Fret not, we’re back with our first two barrels of 2026. Each barrel will be limited to one bottle per person.

We'd like to think we have a history of some great California malt picks, so we are goin back to Cali with this 10-year double oak that takes everything we've loved about those funky herbal characteristics and gives it a bit of finesse. 63.6% Malted Barley, 36.4% Rye, 10.5 years old and 136 proof, this one is sure to please.

The nose has an almost Ramazzotti-like herbal, cola, and dark chocolate note leading the way before moving into sweeter notes of fresh pipe tobacco, molasses, and lemon iced tea. It’s dense, confusing, and intoxicating.

The palate is fizzy and syrupy, with Mug root beer concentrate meeting chocolate cake drizzled with sorghum before a wave of tiramisu and orange marmalade. There are still plenty of gin-like botanical pops on the palate, but the double oak profile definitely presents them in a more balanced and integrated way.

The finish is long and trailing, beginning to shed some of the darker, heavier notes in favor of lighter touches of maple syrup. It continues a bit prickly and fresh, leaning coniferous and earthy before an almost port-like fruitiness and dampness lasts even longer on the tongue.

Secondly, we have a super crushable 108 proof North Carolina wheated bourbon at 8.5 years old with a mashbill of 60% Corn, 30% Wheat, 10% Malted Barley adorned with a little Carolina blue. If you like wheated bourbons, these are some of the best in the game.

The nose is approachable and easy, with equal parts caramel pudding pop, baked blueberry, strawberries with whipped cream, torched orange peel, and soft cream soda.

The palate continues as an absolutely crushable sipper, leading with plump strawberry shortcake and vanilla extract before moving into light caramel drizzle and plenty of sweet oak.

It develops a gentle spice that carries toffee and vanilla custard into a long, decadent sweet-oak linger. An easy grab if you even remotely enjoy wheated bourbons.